General Council

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The General Council was the temporary legislative body that governed the breakaway Texian territories during the early stages of the Texas Revolution.

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General Council canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf provisional legislature
revolutionary governing body
appliesToJurisdiction Texian territories
breakaway Texian territories
municipalities of Texian settlements
country Republic of Mexico NERFINISHED
Texas NERFINISHED
createdBy Consultation of 1835 NERFINISHED
dissolved 1836
endTime 1836
March 1836
followedBy Congress of the Republic of Texas NERFINISHED
foundedBy Consultation of 1835
hasAuthorityOver Texas regular army (provisional) NERFINISHED
Texian militia NERFINISHED
hasLanguage English
Spanish
hasMainTask authorize raising of troops
enact provisional laws
establish administrative structure
govern Texian territories during Texas Revolution
issue land and privateering commissions
organize military forces
regulate relations with Native American groups
support war effort against centralist Mexico
hasRole governing authority
temporary legislative body
war-time legislature
historicalPeriod Mexican Texas NERFINISHED
Texas Revolution era NERFINISHED
inception November 1835
legalForm provisional government organ
legislativeBodyFor provisional government of Texas NERFINISHED
legislativeBranchOf Provisional Government of Texas NERFINISHED
locatedIn San Felipe de Austin NERFINISHED
meetsAt San Felipe de Austin NERFINISHED
numberOfMembers one representative per municipality
operatedWithin Coahuila y Tejas NERFINISHED
partOf Provisional Government of Texas NERFINISHED
partOfConflict Texas Revolution NERFINISHED
replacedBy Convention of 1836 NERFINISHED
Interim government of the Republic of Texas NERFINISHED
significantEvent conflict with Governor Henry Smith
dissolution upon meeting of Convention of 1836
suspension by Governor Henry Smith
startTime 1835

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provisional government of Texas hasLegislativeBranch General Council
subject surface form: Provisional Government of Texas